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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Meeting and Event Planning is the 507th most popular major in the country with 977 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 359 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 248 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in meeting and event planning. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great meeting and event planning programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 221 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,211 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCF.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at UCF

#2

Meredith College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Meredith College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k list, Meredith has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,882 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Meredith.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at Meredith

#3

High Point University

High Point, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. High Point University is located in High Point, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.

High Point also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend High Point University is $33,024 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full High Point Meeting and Event Planning Report

#4

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lynn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lynn University is a small school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 8 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lynn University is $31,214 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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